Influence is not government.

Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.

It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.